>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>DO THE DEAD COMMUNICATE
WITH THE LIVING ACCORDING
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TO THE BIBLE? IF
SOMEONE COMES TO YOU SAYING,
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'I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE
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OTHER SIDE.' AS A CHRISTIAN
YOU OUGHT TO RUN THE OTHER
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DIRECTION. IT'S
CALLED 'SPIRITISM'.
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>>YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, IN THE LAST
DAYS, JESUS IS VERY CLEAR - IN
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 24, VERSE 24 HE
WARNS US THAT THE DECEPTIONS ARE
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GOING TO BE SO COMPELLING THAT
IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, EVEN THE
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VERY ELECT WOULD BE DECEIVED.
THAT MEANS EVEN PROFESSED
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CHRISTIANS WOULD BE DECEIVED.
AND SO THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS
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WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE.
THE DEVIL IS A MASTER DECEIVER.
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NOW THE BIBLE'S VERY CLEAR THAT
NECROMANCY - THAT'S THE PRACTICE
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OR ATTEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE DEAD - IS SOMETHING
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THAT IS FORBIDDEN.
INTERESTING - OH, SOMEONE DID A
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SURVEY BACK IN 1977 AND
ABOUT 35% OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
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BELIEVED THAT YOU COULD
COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD.
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ACTUALLY, IT WAS
JUST ANY AMERICANS.
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THEN, BY THE TIME YOU GOT
TO 1983 THERE WAS ANOTHER STUDY
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THAT WAS DONE AND IT HAD GONE
UP ANOTHER 15% AND ABOUT 42% OF
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AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT YOU
CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD.
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WHAT'S REALLY SAD NOW IS, WHILE
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FORBIDDEN IN
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SCRIPTURE FOR CHRISTIANS TO TRY
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD,
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NOW THERE'S A NEW FORM
OF NECROMANCY THAT IS BEING
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BAPTIZED AND EMBRACED
BY CHRISTIANS. YOU CAN SEE
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THAT PEOPLE ARE SORT OF
PREOCCUPIED WITH THE PARANORMAL.
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JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEW
EXAMPLES: DR. EBEN ALEXANDER, A
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NEUROSURGEON WHO, IRONICALLY,
NEVER REALLY BELIEVED IN
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NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES UNTIL
HE FELL INTO A COMA, AND THEN HE
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DETAILS, IN HIS BOOK 'PROOF
OF HEAVEN: A DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE
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WITH THE AFTERLIFE' ABOUT HIS
BEING TAKEN OFF TO HEAVEN AND
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HAVING A CHANGE OF HEART AND
SEEING THINGS AND PEOPLE THERE.
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AND THERE'S
SOMEONE NAMED DON PIPER.
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HE WROTE A BOOK - DIED IN A
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT - HEAD ON -
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STRUCK BY AN 18-WHEELER
- A MINISTER, I SHOULD ADD.
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A PASTOR STOPPED AND PRAYED
OVER HIS BODY WHEN HE HAD BEEN
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DECLARED DEAD AND HE SAYS FOR 90
MINUTES HE WAS IN HEAVEN AND HE
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WROTE A BEST-SELLING - NEW YORK
TIMES BEST-SELLING BOOK ON THAT
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AND TALKED ABOUT SEEING
RELATIVES UP THERE AND TALKING
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WITH THEM. AND THEN HE WENT
ON AND ENDORSED THIS LATEST BOOK
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THAT'S BECOME VERY
POPULAR, 'HEAVEN IS FOR REAL'.
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IT'S A 2010 NEW YORK TIMES
BEST-SELLING BOOK ABOUT A LITTLE
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BOY'S ASTOUNDING STORY OF
HIS TRIP TO HEAVEN AND BACK -
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WRITTEN BY, AGAIN, A
PASTOR - TODD BURPO - ABOUT HIS
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4-YEAR-OLD SON COLTON,
WHO EXPERIENCED ONE OF THESE
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NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
DURING EMERGENCY SURGERY.
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HE OSTENSIBLY DIED AND HE WAS
TAKEN OFF INTO HEAVEN AND HE SAW
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GRANDPA AND GRANDMA AND HE SAW A
BABY SISTER THAT WAS MISCARRIED
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BY HIS MOTHER AND HE TALKED
TO JESUS AND HE DESCRIBED WHAT
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HEAVEN WAS LIKE. OF COURSE,
HIS FATHER WAS A MINISTER
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AND HE GREW UP WITH THIS
KNOWLEDGE OF CHRISTIAN THINGS.
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AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING A
MOVIE ABOUT IT AND EVERYBODY'S
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PROBABLY GOING TO
THINK THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL.
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I DON'T DOUBT THE
SINCERITY OF THESE PEOPLE.
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I DON'T DOUBT THAT THEY
HAD SOME KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
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BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY
CAREFUL NOT TO SAY WE'RE GOING
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TO BASE TRUTH ON WHAT SOMEBODY
EXPERIENCES WHEN THEY SUPPOSEDLY
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DIE ON AN OPERATING TABLE OR
THEY SLIP INTO A COMA BECAUSE
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THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS THAT CAN AFFECT THAT.
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FIRST WE WANT TO BASE IT ON
'WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
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COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD?'
ISAIAH 8:19, "AND WHEN THEY SAY
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TO YOU, 'SEEK THOSE WHO ARE
MEDIUMS AND WIZARDS, WHO WHISPER
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AND MUTTER,' SHOULD NOT
A PEOPLE SEEK THEIR GOD?
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SHOULD THEY SEEK THE
DEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING?
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TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY!
IF THEY DO NOT SPEAK ACCORDING
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TO THIS WORD, IT IS BECAUSE
THERE IS NOT LIGHT IN THEM."
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AND SO IF A PERSON SAYS, 'YOU
KNOW, I DIED ON THE OPERATING
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TABLE AND I WAS TALKING TO
GRANDMA IN HEAVEN AND SHE GAVE
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ME A MESSAGE.' I DON'T DOUBT
A PERSON CAN HAVE A DREAM, BUT
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THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY
A MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
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DREAMS CAN COME FROM GOD.
DREAMS CAN COME FROM THE DEVIL.
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AND SO WE NEED TO BE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT THIS SORT OF
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THING. LEVITICUS
19:31, "GIVE NO REGARD
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TO MEDIUMS AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS;
DO NOT SEEK AFTER THEM, TO BE
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DEFILED BY THEM: I
AM THE LORD YOUR GOD."
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MEDIUMS WOULD SAY, 'WE'VE GOT A
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.' SO THIS
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IS SORT OF A NEW BAPTIZED
- OR SANCTIFIED - VERSION OF
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NECROMANCY, WHEN CHRISTIANS
SAY, 'I HAD AN EXPERIENCE.
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I WENT TO HEAVEN AND I HAVE
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.' YOU
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KNOW, THERE'S NO EXAMPLE
ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEONE
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GETTING A MESSAGE - A CHRISTIAN
- A BELIEVER - OF GETTING A
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MESSAGE FROM
SOMEBODY WHO HAD DIED.
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IT ONLY HAPPENS WITH KING
SAUL WHEN HE CONSULTS A WITCH.
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THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DIED THAT
COMMUNICATED WITH SOMEONE LIVING
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IS WHEN MOSES AND ELIJAH
APPEARED TO JESUS ON THE MOUNT
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OF TRANSFIGURATION. WE
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY SAID.
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IT SAYS THEY TALKED TO HIM ABOUT
HIS SACRIFICE BUT THEY DIDN'T
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COMMUNICATE WITH
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN.
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JESUS, WHO WAS GLORIFIED, HE
ENTERED INTO THIS STATE AND THEY
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TALKED TO HIM. SO
THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE
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GETTING MESSAGES FROM THOSE
THAT ARE DEAD - AND WE KNOW WHY
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ELIJAH WAS
THERE - HE DIDN'T DIE.
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HE WENT TO HEAVEN IN A FIERY
CHARIOT. AND THE BOOK OF JUDE
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SAYS MOSES WAS RESURRECTED
BY JESUS AFTER HE DIED.
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DEUTERONOMY 18:10-12, "THERE
SHALL NOT BE FOUND AMONG YOU
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ANYONE WHO MAKES HIS SON OR HIS
DAUGHTER PASS THROUGH THE FIRE,
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OR ONE WHO PRACTICES WITCHCRAFT,
OR A SOOTHSAYER, OR ONE WHO
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INTERPRETS OMENS, OR A SORCERER,
OR ONE WHO CONJURES SPELLS, OR A
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MEDIUM," - THAT'S NECROMANCY -
"OR A SPIRITIST," - SOMEONE WHO
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CONSULTS WITH THE
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD -
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"OR ONE WHO CALLS UP THE DEAD.
FOR ALL WHO DO THESE THINGS ARE
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AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, AND
BECAUSE OF THESE ABOMINATIONS
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THE LORD YOUR GOD DRIVES
THEM OUT FROM BEFORE YOU."
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SO, HERE'S A QUESTION: DO
THE DEAD COMMUNICATE WITH THE
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LIVING, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE?
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A FEW VERSES:
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JOB 14:21, SPEAKING OF A MAN WHO
DIES IT SAYS, "HIS SONS COME TO
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HONOR AND HE DOES NOT KNOW IT."
SO A MAN DIES - DOES HE GO TO
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HEAVEN AND LOOK DOWN AND
SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON EARTH?
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HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HIS SONS COME
TO HONOR - "THEY ARE BROUGHT LOW
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AND HE DOES NOT PERCEIVE
IT." - THINK ABOUT IT ANYWAY.
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WOULD YOUR RELATIVES, IF THEY
WENT TO HEAVEN AND THEY COULD
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LOOK DOWN AND SEE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING HERE ON EARTH - A
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MOTHER HAD A BUNCH OF KIDS
AND GRAND-KIDS AND SEE ALL THE
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TRIALS AND THE TROUBLE AND THE
TEMPTATION AND THE FAILURES AND
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THE PAIN - WOULD THEY BE
ENJOYING HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN AT
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ALL OF THAT HAPPENING? NO.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
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JESUS SAID THAT NO ONE HAS
ASCENDED - NOW THIS IS THE FINAL
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WORD FOR ME - NOT THAT I'M
DONE - BUT THIS IS, I THINK,
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PRETTY IMPORTANT. "NO
ONE HAS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN
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BUT HE WHO CAME
DOWN FROM HEAVEN."
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NOBODY CAME - WENT UP TO
HEAVEN AND CAME BACK DOWN WITH A
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MESSAGE EXCEPT JESUS.
JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAME
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FROM THE FATHER WITH A MESSAGE
FOR EARTH. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING
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WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THESE
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES?
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STUDIES SUGGEST THAT BETWEEN
10% TO 25% OF HEART ATTACK
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SURVIVORS, THEY REPORT
HAVING NDES - OR 'NEAR-DEATH
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EXPERIENCES' -
SO IT'S VERY COMMON.
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BRITISH RESEARCHER, SUSAN
BLACKMORE, AUTHOR OF 'DYING TO
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LIVE: NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES'
NOTES THAT MANY OF THESE NDES
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SUCH AS EUPHORIA AND THE FEELING
OF MOVING TOWARDS THE LIGHT ARE,
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IN FACT, TYPICAL
SYMPTOMS OF OXYGEN DEPRIVATION.
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THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
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IN ONE EXPERIMENT, DR. LADISLAS
MEDUNA ADMINISTERED 30% CARBON
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DIOXIDE AND 70%
OXYGEN TO A SUBJECT.
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AFTERWARD, THE SUBJECT STATED,
'I FELT LIKE I WAS LOOKING DOWN
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AT MYSELF AS THOUGH I
WAS OUT THERE IN SPACE.
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I FELT SORT OF SEPARATED.' IT'S
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INDUCED.
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AND I'M SURE IT FEELS VERY REAL
TO THEM, BUT WE DON'T BASE OUR
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THEOLOGY ON THAT.
SOMEONE ELSE DID SOME STUDIES -
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'ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO THE
RIGHT TEMPORAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN
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HAS BEEN SHOWN TO RELIABLY
INDUCE THE SAME DISASSOCIATION
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FOUND IN NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
AND OBES - OR 'OUT OF BODY
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EXPERIENCES'. OTHER
ELEMENTS OF NEAR-DEATH
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EXPERIENCES CAN BE
REPRODUCED WITH ANESTHETICS.
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AND SO THAT'S WHY SUCH A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT
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DIE ON THE OPERATING TABLE ARE
SAYING, 'I HAD A DREAM.' HERE'S
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WHAT YOU NEED TO PAY CAREFUL
ATTENTION TO: THESE NEAR-DEATH
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EXPERIENCES THAT I JUST TALKED
TO YOU ABOUT - DON PIPER AND
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TODD BURPO AND COLTON AND
THE DOCTOR - THEY ALL LIVE IN
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AMERICA IN A CONTEXT OF
CHRISTIANITY AND SO THEY HAVE
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THESE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RELIGION
00:09:11.18\00:09:14.18
THEY'VE GROWN UP IN.
GUESS WHO THEY SEE IN INDIA WHEN
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THEY HAVE A
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE. KRISHNA.
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AND IF YOU GO TO A
BUDDHIST COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE A
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NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE,
WHO DO THEY SEE? BUDDHA.
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SO ARE WE GOING TO BASE OUR
THEOLOGY ON PEOPLE'S NEAR-DEATH
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EXPERIENCES FROM
WHATEVER COUNTRY THEY'RE IN?
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COULD IT BE THE DEVIL CAN
EXPLOIT THESE EXPERIENCES?
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FOLLOW ME. ARE
THE DEAD CONSCIOUS,
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BIBLICALLY? DO
THEY KNOW ANYTHING?
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PSALM 115, VERSE 17 - NOW,
LET ME MAKE IT VERY CLEAR -
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I DO BELIEVE IN HEAVEN.
I WANT TO GO THERE SOMEDAY.
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I THINK IT'S
REAL. I DON'T DENY THAT.
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BUT I DON'T BELIEVE PEOPLE GO
RIGHT FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN WHEN
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THEY DIE - BEFORE THE
RESURRECTION AND BEFORE THE
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JUDGMENT. THE
BIBLE'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT
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WHEN THIS ALL TAKES PLACE
AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
00:10:00.00\00:10:02.90
YES, ENOCH'S IN HEAVEN, ELIJAH'S
IN HEAVEN, MOSES IS IN HEAVEN.
00:10:02.93\00:10:05.83
THERE ARE SOME WHO WENT TO
HEAVEN THAT JESUS ROSE AT THE
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END OF MATTHEW 27 IN A SPECIAL
RESURRECTION, BUT THE VAST
00:10:08.17\00:10:12.61
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE
STILL SLEEPING IN THEIR GRAVES.
00:10:12.64\00:10:15.34
'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, THE BIBLE
SAYS, 'TO BE ABSENT FROM THE
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BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH
THE LORD.'' YES, THAT'S TRUE FOR
00:10:18.41\00:10:21.28
THEM. WHEN A PERSON DIES IN
A SAVED CONDITION, THEIR NEXT
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CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:10:24.92\00:10:27.66
THEY HAVE NO CONSCIOUSNESS OF
TIME, BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE YET.
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THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE COMES
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TO YOU SAYING, 'I'VE
GOT A MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
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I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE
OTHER SIDE.' AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU
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OUGHT TO RUN
THE OTHER DIRECTION.
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IT'S CALLED 'SPIRITISM'.
LET ME GIVE YOU THOSE VERSES:
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PSALM 115:17, "THE
DEAD PRAISE NOT THE LORD."
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FIRST THING I'D DO IF I DIED AND
WENT RIGHT TO HEAVEN IS PRAISE
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THE LORD. BUT
DAVID SAID THEY DO NOT
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PRAISE THE LORD. PETER
SAID, IN ACTS CHAPTER 2,
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'DAVID IS DEAD AND BURIED
AND NOT ASCENDED TO HEAVEN.' IT
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CAN'T BE ANY MORE CLEAR BECAUSE,
YOU'D THINK DAVID WOULD MAKE IT.
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PSALM 6:5, "FOR IN DEATH THERE
IS NO REMEMBRANCE OF THEE."
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PSALM 146, VERSE 2-4, "WHILE
I LIVE I WILL PRAISE THE LORD: I
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WILL SING PRAISES UNTO MY
GOD WHILE I HAVE ANY BEING."
00:11:09.26\00:11:11.80
- WHILE I'M ALIVE - "PUT NOT
YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES, NOR IN
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THE SON OF MAN, IN
WHOM THERE IS NO HELP.
00:11:14.87\00:11:16.64
HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH, HE
RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH; IN THAT
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VERY DAY HIS THOUGHTS PERISH."
HE'S NOT UP WALKING AROUND
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HEAVEN AND SENDING
MESSAGES TO YOU HERE ON EARTH.
00:11:24.21\00:11:27.78
'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, YOU KNOW,
I SENSE MY HUSBAND'S PRESENCE.
00:11:27.82\00:11:31.52
WE WERE MARRIED 50
YEARS AND HE DIED AND I -
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I JUST HEARD HIM SPEAKING TO ME.
I FELT, AT THE FUNERAL, HE WAS
00:11:34.26\00:11:37.89
LOOKING DOWN ON ME.' IT'S NOT
UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THESE
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EXPERIENCES. YOU'RE
MARRIED TO ANYBODY THAT
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LONG - MY BROTHER DIED AND FOR
32 YEARS HE WAS ALWAYS THERE IN
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MY LIFE. I HAD AUTO
DIAL - I COULD ALWAYS
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TALK TO MY BROTHER.
I SENSED HIS PRESENCE.
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AND WHEN HE DIED,
SOMETIMES I FELT HE WAS NEAR.
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IT'S JUST BECAUSE I HAD SO
MANY MEMORIES IN MY MIND OF MY
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BROTHER - THAT'S PERFECTLY
NORMAL - BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
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THAT MY BROTHER'S DISEMBODIED
SPIRIT WAS FLOATING AROUND MY
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HOUSE OR THAT HE'S
SPEAKING TO ME FROM HEAVEN.
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I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
AND SO, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE
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AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES,
BUT YOU DON'T BASE TRUTH UPON
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THAT. ISAIAH 38:18, "...DEATH
CAN-NOT CELEBRATE THEE."
00:12:17.80\00:12:23.07
ECCLESIASTES 9, VERSES 5 AND 6,
"FOR THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY
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WILL DIE; BUT THE DEAD" - DO
YOU KNOW THE REST OF THAT VERSE?
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THEY - "KNOW
NOTHING." HOW MUCH DO THEY KNOW?
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THE DEAD DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
SO IF YOU SAY, 'I WAS IN HEAVEN
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AND I SAW GRANDMA' OR 'GRANDPA'
OR 'MY LITTLE SISTER' OR
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SOMETHING, THEY
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
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AND MOST IMPORTANT,
TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
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>> WELL MAYBE THAT
LITTLE BOY HAD A DREAM.
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'WELL, HE KNEW THINGS
HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN.
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DID THE DEVIL KNOW THOSE THINGS?
DID THE DEVIL KNOW WHAT HIS
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GRANDPA LOOKED LIKE?
DID THE DEVIL KNOW ABOUT THE
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LITTLE SISTER? DOES
THE - SURE THE DEVIL KNOWS.
00:13:29.84\00:13:33.01
THE DEVIL CAN GIVE
INFORMATION TO HIS PROPHETS.
00:13:33.04\00:13:37.01
HE CAN SPEAK THROUGH DREAMS.
AND EVEN THOSE WHO BECOME
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MEDIUMS - YOU
KNOW WHAT A MEDIUM IS?
00:13:40.58\00:13:43.22
THE PERSON WHO IS IN THE
MIDDLE - THEY ARE THE GO-BETWEEN
00:13:43.25\00:13:46.09
BETWEEN THE REAL
WORLD AND THE SPIRIT WORLD.
00:13:46.12\00:13:48.56
AND EVEN IF IT'S A CUTE
LITTLE BOY WHO SAYS, 'I'VE GOT A
00:13:48.59\00:13:52.09
MESSAGE FROM BEYOND' - HE
IS THE MEDIUM FOR THE MESSAGE.
00:13:52.13\00:13:56.77
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE
SHOULD NOT GET INFORMATION ABOUT
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DEATH OR HEAVEN
OR HELL FROM MEDIUMS.
00:13:59.33\00:14:03.37
WE GET IT FROM THE WORD, AMEN?
'THE LIVING KNOW THEY'LL DIE.
00:14:03.41\00:14:06.74
THE DEAD DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.'
"ALSO THEIR LOVE, THEIR HATRED,
00:14:06.78\00:14:11.35
AND THEIR ENVY HAVE NOW
PERISHED; NEVERMORE WILL THEY
00:14:11.38\00:14:14.02
HAVE A SHARE IN ANYTHING
THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN."
00:14:14.05\00:14:17.92
AND YOU CAN GO TO - YOU CAN READ
IN VERSE 10 - IT SAYS IN VERSE
00:14:17.95\00:14:21.86
10, "WHATEVER YOUR HAND FINDS TO
DO, DO IT WITH YOUR MIGHT; FOR
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THERE IS NO WORK OR DEVICE OR
KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM IN THE GRAVE
00:14:26.16\00:14:30.17
WHERE YOU ARE GOING."
SO WHERE DO THE DEAD GO?
00:14:30.20\00:14:34.20
JOB 17:3 - WHEN THEY DIE - "IF I
WAIT, THE GRAVE IS MINE HOUSE."
00:14:34.24\00:14:39.41
WHERE DO THE DEAD
WAIT? IN THE GRAVE.
00:14:39.44\00:14:42.31
YOU CAN READ JOB 21:32,
"YET SHALL HE BE BROUGHT TO THE
00:14:42.34\00:14:45.68
GRAVE, AND SHALL
REMAIN IN THE TOMB."
00:14:45.71\00:14:47.98
WHERE DO THEY STAY UNTIL
THE RESURRECTION? IN THE TOMB.
00:14:48.02\00:14:51.79
THEY'RE NOT ROAMING AROUND LIKE
EBENEZER SCROOGE GOING INTO THE
00:14:51.82\00:14:56.16
PAST AND THE
PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
00:14:56.19\00:14:58.53
2 PETER 2:9, "THEN THE LORD
KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY
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OUT OF TEMPTATIONS AND
TO RESERVE THE UNJUST UNDER
00:15:01.56\00:15:05.73
PUNISHMENT FOR THE DAY OF
JUDGMENT," - THEY DON'T GET
00:15:05.77\00:15:08.30
PUNISHED. THEY
DON'T GET REWARDED -
00:15:08.34\00:15:09.87
UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
IT'D BE KIND OF STRANGE TO JUDGE
00:15:09.90\00:15:13.01
THEM AND SAY - PULL THEM
OUT OF HEAVEN TO JUDGE THEM.
00:15:13.04\00:15:16.48
BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT STORY
IN THE BIBLE WHERE KING SAUL,
00:15:16.51\00:15:21.35
HE SAW THIS
APPARITION OF SAMUEL?
00:15:21.38\00:15:24.42
YOU'LL FIND THAT IN THE BIBLE
IN 1 SAMUEL 28, VERSES 3-20.
00:15:24.45\00:15:30.63
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ
THE WHOLE THING, BUT JUST VERY
00:15:30.66\00:15:33.60
QUICKLY - IT TELLS US THAT
KING SAUL WAS DREADFULLY AFRAID
00:15:33.63\00:15:38.70
BECAUSE THE PHILISTINES HAD
AMASSED AN INCREDIBLY LARGE ARMY
00:15:38.73\00:15:42.47
AGAINST ISRAEL AND HE TRIED TO
TALK TO THE PROPHETS AND THERE
00:15:42.50\00:15:46.07
WAS NO MESSAGE FROM THE PROPHETS
AND THE PRIESTS HAD NO MESSAGE
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FROM GOD AND HE DID EVERYTHING
HE COULD TO GET SOME GUIDANCE
00:15:48.91\00:15:52.71
BUT SAUL HAD PRETTY MUCH GRIEVED
AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE OF
00:15:52.75\00:15:56.05
HIS REBELLION AND
PRIDE AGAINST GOD.
00:15:56.08\00:15:58.29
SO IN DESPERATION TO GET SOME
GUIDANCE HE SAID, 'FIND A WITCH
00:15:58.32\00:16:03.16
FOR ME - A MEDIUM. IF I
COULD ONLY HEAR FROM SAMUEL
00:16:03.19\00:16:06.63
THE PROPHET I'D FEEL A
LOT BETTER.' SAMUEL WAS DEAD.
00:16:06.66\00:16:10.87
AND SO THEY GOT OUT THEIR LITTLE
BLACK BOOK AND THEY FOUND A
00:16:10.90\00:16:14.87
WITCH THAT WAS STILL ALIVE IN A
PLACE CALLED ENDOR - ENDOR - THE
00:16:14.90\00:16:19.27
NAME SOUND OMINOUS IN ITSELF.
AND SO HE WENT TO THIS WITCH AND
00:16:19.31\00:16:24.95
SHE WENT THROUGH HER
INCANTATIONS AND SHE CONJURED UP
00:16:24.98\00:16:27.55
THIS APPARITION THAT CLAIMED
TO BE THE PROPHET SAMUEL.
00:16:27.58\00:16:32.09
AND THIS GHOST OR
WHATEVER IT WAS SAID,
00:16:32.12\00:16:34.82
'WHY HAVE YOU DISQUIETED
ME AND BROUGHT ME UP?' -
00:16:34.86\00:16:37.89
SAMUEL THE PROPHET COMING UP?
00:16:37.93\00:16:40.40
DOES THE DEVIL HAVE
THE POWER TO RESURRECT?
00:16:40.43\00:16:43.16
SHE WENT THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENS AT A MODERN SÉANCE AND,
00:16:43.20\00:16:46.70
YES, SAMUEL GAVE A MESSAGE -
THIS GHOST THAT CLAIMED TO BE
00:16:46.74\00:16:50.04
SAMUEL - IT WAS NOT SAMUEL -
A TOTALLY DISCOURAGING, HOPELESS
00:16:50.07\00:16:53.84
MESSAGE THAT FORETOLD THAT SAUL
AND HIS SONS WOULD BE DEAD THE
00:16:53.88\00:16:57.25
NEXT DAY. YOU KNOW,
EVEN WEATHERMEN GET IT
00:16:57.28\00:17:00.92
RIGHT SOMETIMES. THE
DEVIL KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO
00:17:00.95\00:17:02.75
HAPPEN IN THAT
BATTLE, ESPECIALLY IF HE COULD
00:17:02.78\00:17:04.65
DISCOURAGE SAUL. SO
SOME PEOPLE WONDER IF 'WELL,
00:17:04.69\00:17:07.52
MAYBE THIS WAS REALLY
SAMUEL.' NO, IT WASN'T.
00:17:07.56\00:17:10.19
MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ
- THE BIBLE TELLS US ONE OF THE
00:17:10.23\00:17:13.19
REASONS THAT SAUL GOT IN SO
MUCH TROUBLE AND WAS CURSED: 1
00:17:13.23\00:17:19.17
CHRONICLES 10:13, "SO SAUL DIED
FOR HIS UNFAITHFULNESS WHICH HE
00:17:19.20\00:17:23.91
HAD COMMITTED AGAINST THE LORD,
BECAUSE HE DID NOT KEEP THE WORD
00:17:23.94\00:17:27.21
OF THE LORD, AND ALSO BECAUSE HE
CONSULTED A MEDIUM" - THIS WITCH
00:17:27.24\00:17:31.18
OF ENDOR - "FOR GUIDANCE."
SHOULD WE GET OUR GUIDANCE FROM
00:17:31.21\00:17:35.05
A MEDIUM? SOMEONE WHO SAID,
'I'VE PASSED TO THE OTHER SIDE
00:17:35.08\00:17:38.12
AND I'VE COME BACK. I'VE
GOT A MESSAGE FOR YOU.' IN
00:17:38.15\00:17:41.52
THE LAST DAYS THE DECEPTION
WOULD BE SO PERSUASIVE THAT IF
00:17:41.56\00:17:44.63
IT WERE POSSIBLE, EVEN THE
VERY ELECT WOULD BE DECEIVED.
00:17:44.66\00:17:47.96
IT REALLY TROUBLES ME WHEN I
HEAR CHRISTIANS JUST FALLING ALL
00:17:47.96\00:17:50.83
OVER THEMSELVES TO READ THESE
BOOKS AND GET THESE MESSAGES
00:17:50.87\00:17:53.84
FROM PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY HAVE
BEEN TO HEAVEN OR HELL - SOMEONE
00:17:53.87\00:17:57.37
ELSE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT 23
MINUTES IN HELL - AND THESE
00:17:57.41\00:18:00.38
CHRISTIANS GOBBLE IT UP
AND THE INFORMATION IN THERE
00:18:00.41\00:18:02.64
HAS GOD PORTRAYED AS A TYRANT.
AND THE DEVIL USES THESE THINGS
00:18:02.68\00:18:07.38
TO TWIST THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD.
HOW DOES JESUS, IN THE BIBLE,
00:18:07.42\00:18:12.29
REFER TO DEATH? JOHN
11:11 - IT TELLS US, "OUR
00:18:12.32\00:18:18.09
FRIEND LAZARUS SLEEPS, BUT
I GO THAT I MAY WAKE HIM UP."
00:18:18.13\00:18:22.43
HIS DISCIPLES SAID, 'LORD,
IF HE'S SLEEPING HE'LL GET WELL,
00:18:22.46\00:18:24.83
BUT JESUS SPOKE OF HIS DEATH.
00:18:24.87\00:18:27.50
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT TAKING REST AND SLEEP AND
00:18:27.54\00:18:30.71
JESUS SAID TO THEM PLAINLY,
'LAZARUS IS DEAD.' SO WHAT DID
00:18:30.74\00:18:34.88
JESUS CALL DEATH?
IT'S A DREAMLESS SLEEP.
00:18:34.91\00:18:38.95
YOU KNOW, THE WORD 'SLEEP' IS
USED - OR 'REST' - TO DESCRIBE
00:18:38.98\00:18:44.12
DEATH OVER 30
TIMES IN THE BIBLE.
00:18:44.15\00:18:46.99
SO IT'S OKAY FOR
US TO USE THAT TERM.
00:18:47.02\00:18:49.32
YOU CAN GO THROUGH A LOT
OF GRAVEYARDS - YOU CAN TELL
00:18:49.36\00:18:51.33
THERE'S CONFUSION
EVEN IN A CHURCH CEMETERY.
00:18:51.36\00:18:53.96
ONE GRAVE WILL SAY 'OUR DEARLY
BELOVED MOTHER IS NOW RESTING IN
00:18:54.00\00:18:58.57
JESUS WAITING FOR
THE RESURRECTION TRUMP'.
00:18:58.60\00:19:01.57
YOU'LL SEE GRAVES LIKE
THAT IN A BAPTIST OR A METHODIST
00:19:01.60\00:19:03.47
GRAVEYARD. THEN
YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ONE THAT
00:19:03.51\00:19:05.44
SAYS, 'OUR DEARLY BELOVED MOTHER
IS NOW SINGING WITH THE ANGELS
00:19:05.47\00:19:08.01
ON THE GOLDEN STREETS.' I MEAN,
THERE'S GREAT CONFUSION ON THIS.
00:19:08.04\00:19:11.98
BUT THE BIBLE'S PRETTY
CLEAR - THEY'RE NOT THERE YET.
00:19:12.01\00:19:13.95
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW FOR
SURE, IF ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE
00:19:13.98\00:19:17.45
SHOULD HAVE HAD A NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCE - IF ANYBODY SHOULD
00:19:17.49\00:19:21.16
HAVE HAD AN EXPERIENCE,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LAZARUS.
00:19:21.19\00:19:25.19
HE WAS DEAD FOR FOUR DAYS.
00:19:25.23\00:19:27.60
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT EVERY
NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD WOULD
00:19:27.66\00:19:30.03
HAVE COME TO HIM AND SHOVED
THEIR CAMERAS IN HIS FACE AND
00:19:30.07\00:19:32.13
SAID, 'SO, WHAT DID YOU SEE?'
IT WASN'T JUST 23 MINUTES IN
00:19:32.17\00:19:36.07
HELL OR 90 MINUTES IN
HEAVEN, HE HAD FOUR DAYS.
00:19:36.10\00:19:40.14
YOU KNOW WHAT HE
COMMENTED ON? NOTHING.
00:19:40.18\00:19:43.88
WOULDN'T THE BIBLE
HAVE SAID SOMETHING?
00:19:43.91\00:19:46.05
HE SAID NOTHING. WHY? BECAUSE
HE EXPERIENCED NOTHING. WHY?
00:19:46.08\00:19:48.95
BECAUSE HE WAS
DEAD AND HE WAS ASLEEP.
00:19:48.98\00:19:51.92
IF YOU'RE ALMOST DEAD YOU MIGHT
HAVE A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
00:19:51.95\00:19:55.06
BECAUSE YOU'RE
NOT COMPLETELY DEAD.
00:19:55.09\00:19:57.09
NO ONE - SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE
THEIR HEART STOP AND EVEN TAKE
00:19:57.13\00:19:59.93
THEIR HEART OUT AND A NEW
HEART PUT IN AND THEY'LL HAVE A
00:19:59.96\00:20:02.70
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE. NO
ONE HAS THEIR BRAIN REMOVED
00:20:02.73\00:20:04.67
AND HAS THAT EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY
00:20:04.70\00:20:08.80
EXPERIENCE IN THE BRAIN.
MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE
00:20:08.84\00:20:10.74
APPROXIMATELY TWELVE
RESURRECTIONS IN THE BIBLE.
00:20:10.77\00:20:15.54
AND OF THOSE TWELVE
RESURRECTIONS, HOW MANY OF THEM
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.58
COMMENTED ON THEIR
EXPERIENCE IN DEATH? ZERO.
00:20:17.61\00:20:21.85
SO HOW MUCH SHOULD CHRISTIANS
SPECULATE ABOUT TRUTH COMING
00:20:21.88\00:20:24.89
FROM A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
OR A DREAM OR A VISION OR WHEN
00:20:24.92\00:20:29.52
YOU'RE IN A COMA? JOHN
5:28-29, JESUS SAID, "DO
00:20:29.56\00:20:33.70
NOT MARVEL AT THIS; FOR THE HOUR
IS COMING IN WHICH ALL WHO ARE
00:20:33.73\00:20:36.80
IN THE GRAVES
WILL HEAR HIS VOICE." -
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.57
THE HOUR IS COMING - IT HASN'T
HAPPENED YET - "AND COME FORTH -
00:20:38.60\00:20:41.70
THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD, TO THE
RESURRECTION OF LIFE, AND THOSE
00:20:41.74\00:20:45.07
WHO HAVE DONE EVIL, TO THE
RESURRECTION OF CONDEMNATION."
00:20:45.11\00:20:48.04
AND JESUS SAID, 'I
WILL RAISE HIM UP' - WHEN? -
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.31
'THE LAST DAY.' THAT
RESURRECTION HASN'T HAPPENED
00:20:50.35\00:20:53.35
YET. WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN? 1
THESSALONIANS 4:13, "BUT I DO
00:20:53.38\00:20:58.69
NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT,
BRETHREN, CONCERNING THOSE WHO
00:20:58.72\00:21:01.26
HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP" -
WHAT'S PAUL TALKING ABOUT?
00:21:01.29\00:21:04.06
THOSE WHO ARE DEAD - "LEST
YOU SORROW AS OTHERS WHO HAVE NO
00:21:04.09\00:21:07.30
HOPE." WILL WE SEE
OUR LOVED ONES AGAIN? YES,
00:21:07.30\00:21:11.37
I BELIEVE WE WILL. IT
SAYS IN VERSE 16, "FOR THE
00:21:11.40\00:21:15.47
LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM
HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE
00:21:15.50\00:21:18.07
VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL,
AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD.
00:21:18.11\00:21:20.54
AND THE DEAD IN
CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST."
00:21:20.58\00:21:23.61
THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE WILL
BE CAUGHT UP TO MEET HIM IN THE
00:21:23.65\00:21:25.75
AIR. IF YOU
REALLY WANT TO KNOW 'WHEN
00:21:25.78\00:21:27.45
DOES THIS RESURRECTION TAKE
PLACE?' YOU CAN'T MISINTERPRET
00:21:27.48\00:21:29.98
PAUL'S WORDS IN 1 CORINTHIANS
15:22-23, "FOR AS IN ADAM ALL
00:21:30.02\00:21:34.52
DIE, EVEN SO IN CHRIST
ALL SHALL BE MADE ALIVE.
00:21:34.56\00:21:38.96
BUT EACH ONE IN HIS OWN ORDER:
CHRIST THE FIRSTFRUITS," - HE
00:21:38.99\00:21:43.53
ROSE 2,000 YEARS AGO -
"AFTERWARD THOSE WHO ARE
00:21:43.57\00:21:47.24
CHRIST'S" - THE DEAD IN
CHRIST - "AT HIS COMING."
00:21:47.27\00:21:51.31
WHEN DO THEY RISE? AT HIS
COMING. ARE THEY RISEN YET? NO.
00:21:51.34\00:21:56.24
WHY AM I TAKING
TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS?
00:21:56.28\00:21:58.91
BECAUSE THE DEVIL SAYS - THE
BIBLE SAYS, RATHER - THE BIBLE
00:21:58.95\00:22:03.08
SAYS, IN THE LAST DAYS, THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
00:22:03.12\00:22:06.59
MAIN DECEPTIONS OF THE ENEMY.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-11, "THE
00:22:06.62\00:22:11.66
COMING OF THE LAWLESS ONE
IS ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF
00:22:11.69\00:22:14.36
SATAN, WITH ALL POWER, SIGNS,
AND LYING WONDERS, AND WITH ALL
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.20
UNRIGHTEOUS DECEPTION AMONG
THOSE WHO PERISH, BECAUSE THEY
00:22:18.23\00:22:22.37
DID NOT RECEIVE THE LOVE OF THE
TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:22:22.40\00:22:26.01
AND FOR THIS REASON GOD WILL
SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, THAT
00:22:26.04\00:22:29.61
THEY SHOULD BELIEVE THE LIE."
PAUL'S NOT WRITING TO THE PAGANS
00:22:29.64\00:22:32.81
THAT ARE LOST OUT IN THE WORLD,
HE'S TALKING TO THE CHURCH.
00:22:32.85\00:22:36.65
AND IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE A
LOVE OF THE WORD, THE DEVIL WILL
00:22:36.69\00:22:39.55
EXPLOIT THAT AND THEY'LL HAVE
ALL KINDS OF EXPERIENCES AND BE
00:22:39.59\00:22:42.42
VERY SINCERE AND GOD WILL ALLOW
THEM TO BELIEVE THESE DEADLY
00:22:42.46\00:22:48.33
DELUSIONS. IT
TELLS US IN REVELATION
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.97
CHAPTER 16 THAT THREE UNCLEAN
SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME OUT OF
00:22:51.00\00:22:55.74
THE MOUTHS OF THE
BEAST, THE DRAGON, AND THE
00:22:55.77\00:22:57.91
FALSE PROPHET AND IT
SAYS, 'THEY'RE DEVILS WORKING
00:22:57.94\00:23:00.84
MIRACLES.' 2 CORINTHIANS 11,
'SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED
00:23:00.88\00:23:05.75
INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT.' SO WHO
ARE THESE BEINGS THAT SUPPOSEDLY
00:23:05.78\00:23:12.25
COMMUNICATE IN THE DREAMS?
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE
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SPIRITS OF
DEVILS WORKING MIRACLES.
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IT SAYS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
'THEY ARE LYING SPIRITS.' THE
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DEVIL DIDN'T FALL ALONE, HE
TOOK ANGELS WITH HIM AND THEY'RE
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GOING AROUND DOING ALL THEY CAN
TO DECEIVE PEOPLE IN THE LAST
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DAYS. WITCHCRAFT
IS ONE OF THE WORKS
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OF THE FLESH LISTED IN GALATIANS
5:20 THAT IS FORBIDDEN.
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PAUL SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE UNFRUITFUL WORKS
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OF DARKNESS, IN EPHESIANS.
AND SO THERE'S DIABOLICAL
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ACTIVITY GOING ON OUT THERE, BUT
WHAT'S ESPECIALLY TROUBLING -
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IT'S BEEN PUTTING ON THE
GARB OF CHRISTIANITY LATELY.
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AND WHEN IT'S PORTRAYED -
ESPECIALLY THROUGH A LITTLE
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CHILD, OR THROUGH 'WHY THIS
PERSON WAS CONVERTED THROUGH
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THIS EXPERIENCE AND THERE WAS
PRAYER THAT WAS HAPPENING.' AND
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IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE THINGS,
PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL IT MUST BE
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OF GOD.' BUT IF IT DOES NOT
SPEAK ACCORDING TO THIS WORD,
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THERE'S NO LIGHT IN THEM. I
BELIEVE JESUS IS COMING AGAIN.
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I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE A RESURRECTION.
00:24:12.15\00:24:15.12
I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING
TO SEE OUR LOVED ONES AGAIN.
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I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
BE TRYING TO CHANNEL AND GET
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MESSAGES FROM THEM NOW BECAUSE
THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR ON THAT
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SUBJECT: LET ALL WHO HONOR GOD
SHUN THE WORLD OF THE OCCULT.
00:24:24.73\00:24:31.17
SOMEONE REMINDED ME OF THE WORDS
OF RUDYARD KIPLING - HE WROTE A
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POEM ON THIS: 'OH, THE ROAD TO
ENDOR IS THE OLDEST ROAD AND THE
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CRAZIEST ROAD OF ALL!
STRAIGHT IT RUNS TO THE WITCH'S
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ABODE, AS IT DID IN THE DAYS OF
SAUL, AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED OF
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THE SORROW IN STORE FOR SUCH AS
GO DOWN ON THE ROAD TO ENDOR!"
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DON'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD FRIENDS,
EVEN IF IT'S IN A BLOCKBUSTER
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THESE MESSAGES THAT THE DEVIL
IS TRYING TO TWEAK OUR THEOLOGY
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WITH DECEIVING
SPIRITS. JESUS IS COMING AGAIN.
00:25:04.50\00:25:08.07
HE SAYS, "I AM THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.57
HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THOUGH
HE MAY DIE, HE SHALL LIVE.
00:25:10.61\00:25:14.01
AND WHOEVER LIVES AND
BELIEVES IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE."
00:25:14.04\00:25:17.75
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?
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HISTORY, TALES OF GHOSTS
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AND SPIRITS CAN BE
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EVERY COUNTRY AND CULTURE.
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EGYPTIANS BUILT
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THE SPIRITS OF THEIR LEADERS.
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HOLIDAYS TO HONOR AND APPEASE
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THE SPIRITS OF THEIR DEAD.
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EVEN THE BIBLE TELLS OF A KING
THAT USED A WITCH TO CONTACT
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THE SPIRIT OF A
DECEASED PROPHET.
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TODAY, ANCIENT FOLKLORE
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ALL THE EXISTENCE OF GHOSTS.
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